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Microsoft is encouraging developers to produce applications for its Windows 8 operating system, releasing its Windows Phone 8 Software Development Kit at its Build 2012 conference. Developers at the conference also got some bonuses: They received a 32GB Microsoft Surface RT and a Nokia Lumia 920, among other items.

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Advertisers on Facebook can now target consumers according to which kind of mobile device they're using. The option can be of obvious use to application developers working with one operating system, but brands searching for a more selective audience, such as an affluent user with a tablet or a younger cohort with an iPod, might find it useful as well.

The Oklahoma Senate has defeated a bill that would have taxed newspapers to raise funds to pay stipends to National Board Certified Teachers. The bill's sponsor said taxing newspapers would raise $17.6 million, which could restore $5,000 stipends to NBCTs. The Oklahoma Press Association said such a tax would not generate that much money because most subscription costs are not taxed.

Thinking of giving a holiday bonus this year? It's more than a matter of simply what you can afford, experts say. Business owners should think through how the bonus fits in with overall compensation and what it's meant to communicate, writes Sara Hottman. Another factor to consider: This year's bonus can set a precedent for next, so beware of splurging too much after a particularly successful period.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants "substantial, significant and detailed" agreement on keeping bankers' bonuses in check and might walk away from the Group of 20 summit this week if he does not get it, said Finance Minister Christine Lagarde. "I hope that we will save [Sarkozy] the trouble of having to walk out," she said. "I would find it absolutely outrageous and extraordinary if leaders of other countries did not understand the necessity to change the system and not go back to business as usual."

More than five months before a controversy erupted over American International Group's bonuses paid to employees, officials at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York were aware of them, documents obtained by The Washington Post reveal. But the bank did not alert the Obama administration until late February.